A simple SaltStack returner that prints state summary in a human-readable flat file

file_return.py

'''
Return human readable salt data to a flat file
'''

# Import python libs
import yaml


def __virtual__():
    return 'file'


def returner(ret):
    '''
    Writes human readable output to a file
    '''

    retfile = __salt__['config.option']('file.return')
    if not retfile:
        retfile = '/tmp/file_return.txt'

    out = {}
    if isinstance(ret['return'], dict):
        for state in ret['return'].keys():
            act = state.split('_|-')
            out[act[1]] = {}
            out[act[1]]['type'] = act[0]
            for item in ['name', 'comment', 'result']:
                out[act[1]][item] = ret['return'][state][item]
    else:
        out = ret['return']

    f = open(retfile, 'w')
    f.write('id: {0}\nfunction: {1}\njid: {2}\n'.format(
                                        ret['id'], ret['fun'], ret['jid']))
    f.write(yaml.dump(out, default_flow_style=False))
    f.close()